Friday 7 October 2011

3. Moving Sand

Prior to this visit I had traveled from Patna to Chapara number of times.
It was during September 2010, I observed something different.
I had always watched Ganga water flowing and was surprised to see the sudden appearance of the huge amount of sand there. It was as if I did not know the road.


As we moved on, I saw it more closely. There were few small boats and they all seemed to be engaged in some kind of urgent work.



I was still clueless about what was happening. I thought maybe, people are using boats as a means of transport. We kept on moving and through the car window I could capture some more images.


After few more snaps, I realized what it was all about. I am a 'late' learner, by the way.


This is not a Natural Sand Movement.
It is actually Sand Mining.
Whether legal or illegal - I do not know.
What price people pay for such activities, we all can imagine.
But who cares? 

12 comments:

  1. Unfortunately .. we will have to witness that if we don't act wisely!

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  2. "the photos are superb! the story of course is interesting !!"

    ARB

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  3. darn! i wonder how it is going to impact the near by places...

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  4. Very badly .. that much we all can guess. But what are the options? I am not sure..

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  5. Photographs are wonderful but the story they tell is alarming.

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  6. It is so sad to see men destroying the mother nature.They are not even concerned about the future generation.Well captured

    Regards
    village girl

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  7. roopz, future generations will have to pay the price for such acts of ours!

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